Evan Brunell is a baseball writer and the president of the Massachusetts chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. You can read more about his lip-reading methods in his post rounding up the best manager-ump arguments of 2012.

Here's what we learned from 2013's arguments: When Terry Francona gets mad, he gets really mad. Joe Maddon likes to use the word "unbelievable," while Dale Sveum is particularly fond of the word "bullshit." In fact, the word "bullshit" is fairly common, as is calling someone a "piece of shit." Mike Redmond joins Don Mattingly and Joe Girardi (neither of whom is featured in 2013 after repeated appearances in the 2012 roundup) as purveyors of the word "horseshit."

Joe Maddon vs. Marty Foster, May 7

JM: [Obscured]

MF: He went right over it. He went right over it, Joe.

JM: No, you can’t say that, Marty! (putting hands to head, horrified)

MF: Oh, I can.

JM: Oh, you can’t say that, Marty! [Obscured] — can’t SAY THAT —

(Conversation obscured for a bit; Maddon goes over to home plate and shows Foster how the runner slid over the plate, and he is ejected.)

JM: [Obscured]... that’s not true! You anticipated that call [Obscured]

BK: [Obscured]

JM: No, Brian. Brian, I’ve got [Obscured]

BK: [Obscured]

JM: [Obscured], don’t you? That’s a fucking blown call, Brian! [Obscured] He caught it and went back down with it.

BK: [Obscured]

JM: Well, I hear that every fucking day!

BK: Okay, you’re going to get run.

JM: Yeah, I’m going to get fucking (Obscured by being ejected). How many fucking times. I’ve been [Obscured] That’s about the 10th time I’ve [Obscured]. … The ball comes up, he puts it back down and you call a fucking out.

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Maddon then gets walked off the field by third-base umpire Gerry Davis, complaining the whole time.

Terry Francona vs. Jordan Baker, April 9

Terry Francona: I just said to you, I said, did you read his mind? And you said YES! (Conversation obscured)

TF: OK, OK, I will.

JB: [Obscured]

TF: You listen! You tell me what you just said. You knew [Obscured] our pitcher, and I asked you a question.

(Conversation obscured)

JB: OK.

TF: [Obscured]

JB: OK.

TF: [Obscured]

JB: OK.

Terry Francona vs. C.B. Bucknor, April 6

(Most of the conversation is obscured.)

Terry Francona to Bucknor: I’m not, I’m telling you I know you get a lot of them, but that wasn’t one.